With films like LITTLE DIETER NEED TO FLY, MY BEST FIEND and the perennially popular GRIZZLY MAN, Werner Herzog has gone from New German Cinema pioneer to one of the most entertaining -- and accessible -- documentary filmmakers. Much of this has to do with Herzog's just-off-screen persona, his seriousness of purpose, his bone-dry sense of humor and that Teutonic deadpan that keeps you wondering whether Werner is having a bit of a laugh.
The first giggle in this gorgeously shot chronicle of Herzog's trip to Antarctica comes at the very beginning, and it's a good one. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation to travel to the huge frozen continent during t...
Released:
2008
Rated:
PG
Length:
99 mins